SUMMER
ADJECTIVES
1000 — SUMMERLY pert. to summer; taking place in summer → obs.
1386 — AESTIVAL • ESTIVAL belonging to summer, or the summer solstice
1420 — ESTIVOUS pertaining to summer, summer-like → obs.
1607 — AESTIVE • ESTIVE belonging to summer; hot or burning → obs.
1614 — SUMMERFUL having the summer development or quality, summery → obs.
1731 — AESTABLE belonging to summer → obs.
NOUNS
1000 — SUMMER’S TIDE summer-time → obs.
1250 — SUMMER-TIDE summer-time → chiefly poetic usage
1600 — ALL-HALLOWN SUMMER Indian summer → obs.
1606 — SUMMERING a summer excursion, festivity, or revelling → obs.
1625 — AESTIVATION • ESTIVATION the passing or spending of the summer; summer retreat or residence → obs.
1686 — SUMMER COLTS a shimmering haze seen just above the ground on a hot day → orig. & chiefly Sc. & Eng. dial.
1840 — LATTER END the latter part of the year; early autumn or late summer → Eng. dial.
1905 — MERCHANT MAY’S LITTLE SUMMER a fine summer → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1942 — GOOD OLD SIMMER TIME summer → Amer. sl. (Bk.)
PHRASES
1968 — BETWEEN GRASS AND HAY between summer and winter → Amer. dial.
VERBS
1626 — AESTIVATE • ESTIVATE to spend the summer
1797 — SUMMERIZE to spend the summer
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